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some serious questions about Arthemis :-)

i have an artemis p3300 (or xda III in other countries) for over 1 month now.
some things i like and i dislike.
pro : -scrollbal and ring are incredible
-backlight and screen is great
-wifi, gprs, mobile part en gps works perfect
-slim case
-sound is incredible loud.
cons: -omap processor is a bit slow (even overclocked at 252) for multimedia
like streaming video or gaming
- to little ram memory..there is not much left after installing the default
applications so forget skinning
so overal for a business user, it,s the perfect phone. For a home user who wants to modifie
everything or loves the multimedia it;s to slow and to little ram to give comfort.
To give you an idea..my previous phone is a axim x5 advanced and it's still faster then this phone.
questions?
- can windows messenger get the ppc out of his sleep like the mobile part of the phone can?
- Why is wifi falling out when i put the phone in sleep?
- when wifi fails (to far from wifirouter) it goes automaticly to gprs. I don;t want that and i just want wifi to keep trying a connection. Now i switch the mobile part off when i surf the net.Any solutions?
- My old dell also has a wificard in it..can i communicate between the two devices over wifi..and what are the possibilities that i could do (exemple: using it as intercom or viewing the camera live stream from the artemis?)
please give me your ideas or solutions.
thanks in advance

Orbit GPS, walking rather than driving?

Trying to get an answer to this question, but nobody seems to know the answer so far.
I'll buy the Oribit if it can do the following:
a) be used whilst walking in e.g. central London to help me find my way to various full postcode locations/streets (i.e. held in hand, easy to read display)
b) ideally, also be able to be kept hidden in inside pocket, with verbal instructions coming via bluetooth headset.
I noticed in one forum that b) was ruled a problem, as apparently e.g. WM5 does not allow audio such as TomTom instructions to be sent to a bluetooth headset??

I think, that Bluetooth is not the problem... I think, it will work.
But: GPS with device in your Pocket won't work.

Cable-Headset works fine, Bluetooth Headset not (at least mine).
Running TomTom in your jacket or rucksack is no problem.
But using TomTom for walking is not very good - even when you switch it to the "Walking mode". If you walk slow, it doesn't really know what dircetion you are walking and the map is rotating very often.

hi
i Used TT in london last year device in pocket worked a treat don't know about stability of map as it was in my pocket most of the time and used a wired headset. just had to view map ocassionally to get an idea of the general direction i was heading.

Thanks people,
Varied answers! - maybe due to different models?
"even when you switch it to the "Walking mode". - oh well, good to hear it actually has a 'walking mode'
"bluetooth" - I believe someone mentioned some issue whereby (forgive me for vagueness) WM generated sounds could not be sent via Bluetooth (but obviously phone or music audio could). Yes, I was confused as well...

Yes - it has a walking mode. But that mode is for the way how TomTom calculates the route - e.g. pedestrian areas, oneway streets.
Another thing is - in large cities the device will find less satellites due to high houses around you. That's another point why it sometimes does't know what direction you are walking. That was my experience in Boston last year.

I use memory map 5 with the Orbit and I think that's exactly what you want. I have the full london A-Z and using the GPS can pin point my position. I also have ordinance survey maps for kent and sussex which are great for walks.
When you connect the orbit back to your PC, memory map will download your route to the PC and display it within the 'main' memory map software.

GPS Walking
I've bougth HTC Artemis recently and used it in the labirinth of Venice Italy. I thought I couldn't use it but I managed to use it.
Surprisingly it could find the position. I mean surprisingly if you know that the streets in Venice are 3 meters large, at best, and the surroundings houses never lower then 12-15 meters.
Yes, it's a problem for TomTom to find the direction where you're going but, if you ask to see the graphical demo of the calculated route, you can easily go where you want. You're looking at a freezed map showing the next connection, turnout or whatever. As soon as you've reached it you can press the skip of next button to see next istruction. More on this, while you look at the graphical demo of the route, you get the vocal messages.
Bye

thanks, all interesting especially memory map 5 by the sound of it!

Memory Map is great for walking but it will not give you spoken commands as to where you need to go, it is a topographical map (it looks the same as the paper map you would purchase from an outdoors/ camping style shop) but its in electronic format displayed on the PDA screen with current position displayed. You can set waypoints to offer a vector, distance and time to go to reach the destination - great out on the fells but limited in cities to be honest.
If you want spoken instructions TomTom or Route 66 work great on the Artemis, both can display the map in 2D mode which is easier to interpret when walking - Mike

O2 Orbit Niggles

Ive had an O2 Orbit for a few months now, and have to say its the best phone ive ever owned, I used to own an XDA Mini S.
However just a few questions.
1) My wifi disconnects all the time, literally withing 1-2 mins of connecting to the wifi, I have no idea why its doing it, DCHP is set up manually, and im using a Belkin N1.
2) Im using No Data to stop the GPRS from connecting when IE opens accidently in my pocket and ends up costing me £7 a month in bloody errors! But i was wondering with GPRS stopped will I not know if someone has sent me an MMS?
3) Is there a decent Music player that will play music off the network, at the moment TCPMP is the only one that works, but its interface does not really apply well to song playback.
4) Another annoying thing! It appears when I turn the screen off, it seems to disconnect the wifi (although that could be more 1 related), and also turns off the sound, so it means I have to have the screen on in my pocket if i want to listen to music!
Sorry for the multiple questions!

WIFI could be a number of things.....most important thought what ROM are you running? Are you still plugging along with WM5, If you are I strongly suggest you give Tom Codon's Black and Blue Version 3 a spin. This will probably resolve a couple of your issues and is rock solid stable.
IIRC having GPRS stopped won't stop notification of an MMS, I'm sure you will receive a standard SMS message to alert you that you have a message waiting for download, you will need to re-enable your GPRS to download it.
I use Pocket Lan to give me access to Network shares, and have found pPod a pretty easy piece of music software to live with.
Turning off the screen should not affect your WIFI connection, is your WIFI running at full power within the phone, as I along with many others have found that this is the only setting that makes the WIFI function useable.
Take a look at the WM6 Artemis thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=362 and read up on B&B3 from Tom, and BE VERY sure you have read the instructions and use USPL, the upgrade to WM6 is easy and will BLOW you away....

StevenAFC said:
2) Im using No Data to stop the GPRS from connecting when IE opens accidently in my pocket and ends up costing me £7 a month in bloody errors! But i was wondering with GPRS stopped will I not know if someone has sent me an MMS?
4) Another annoying thing! It appears when I turn the screen off, it seems to disconnect the wifi (although that could be more 1 related), and also turns off the sound, so it means I have to have the screen on in my pocket if i want to listen to music!
Sorry for the multiple questions!
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2) MMS is sent over O2 Active (O2 WAP) Internet Explorer will not connect to O2 over WAP so you can leave the settings for that available when you run a program called No GPRS. http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=40638&d=1180860606
4) When you press the button on the side you don't just turn of the screen, you put the device into standby. It works differently to your previous device in that respect. There is no work around for Windows Media Player as far as I know, WMP forces the screen to stay on on a dim setting. Take a look at Mortplayer as an alternative: http://www.sto-helit.de/index.php?module=page&entry=mp_overview&action=view It has settings that allow the screen to turn it's self off whilst in use.

Thanks for replies.
Ill have a look into upgrading to wm6 I was hoping o2 would have an official rom out by now!

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wm6 I was hoping o2 would have an official rom out by now!
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It is soon, very soon.

Alternative to SPB wireless monitor ?

Hi folks
Im looking for an alternative to SPB wireless monitor as i found out that its causing touchflo 3d to sometimes not start when i restart my phone with wifi active.
anyone have an alternative ? preferably free but all suggestions are welcome
thanks

if you want touchflo and spb wireless together, try out the manila today page...this allows you to have a standard today on one of your manila tabs...works 100% as I used it
just google MTP and you have it

i dont want spb wireless that was the question.
i want an alternative to spb.
thanks

Hi, I'm looking for an alternative to SPB Wireless Monitor too, possibly free. Does anyone know if it exists?
Thanks!

Me too because I cannot get it to actually register the use of any data on mine for some reason, even though I've set up all the tariff info and extra unit costs etc.
Just doesn't seem to work.

I'm using HomescreenPlus+ via Second Today. Lets me see data usage, calls out and sms. Bit of a bugger to set up first time round but I'm quite pleased with it and it's free!

Hi,
I am getting my HTC HD2, and am worried about exceeding my call/data allowance. Can you advise where I can download HomescreenPlus+ via Second Today.
I did a search, but to no avail.
ADC (Yateley, UK)

lcminutes does the trick free too

Phone profiles control - missing!

I used to have a control that could manually select profiles; Car, Home, Work etc. It also switched to Car automatically when the carkit was connected. Maybe it wa in WM2003 or WM5. But I can't find it in any WM6, 6.5 ROMs.
Can someone post the cab for it plz?
Thanks.

the lack of profiles in windows mobile is annoying. any crappy 10 year old nokia phone has several customizable profiles, wm still doesn't. while i haven't thought about it in ages, i have to admit, if anybody has a nice app for that, i would use it as well, especially if it supports hardware changes like you say. different profiles for car kit, charger, BT handsfree... would be nice.

That's odd that no WM had it - maybe it was bundled in an Operator customisation then (e.g. Orange or O2)...trouble is I've blown all my old ROMs away!!
Anyone up for building a neat Applet then?

Have you all tried something like SPB Phone Suite? I think this comes with this option.